0:00:21 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless
0:00:27 > 0:00:32where popular answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36APPLAUSE
0:00:38 > 0:00:42So first we welcome back Kate and Jim. You were on the show last time.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47Everyone gets two chances to reach our Pointless final. Remind us how you did.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50- Terribly.- It was Round 1.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Kate, have you not forgiven him yet?
0:00:53 > 0:00:56I have said some very simple, clear words.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01OK. OK, Kate, what would you like to see come up this first round?
0:01:01 > 0:01:06I'm not terribly academic, but a bit of gardening, a bit of food.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08OK. Jim, how about you?
0:01:08 > 0:01:14Anything really, Alexander. I've reached the age in life when I do know everything.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17But also the age when I can't remember any of it.
0:01:17 > 0:01:23- OK, well, the very best of luck to the pair of you. It's lovely having you back.- Thank you.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28Next we welcome Scott and Lee. How do you two know each other?
0:01:28 > 0:01:35Scott's my eldest son. He lives with me in Redhill in Surrey. My younger son Daniel is watching from home.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40- Did he not make the grade?- He's a little bit scared, to be honest. - What's he scared of?
0:01:40 > 0:01:44I've never met a bigger puppy than...
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- You? - LAUGHTER
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- What do you do, Lee? - I'm a pensions analyst.
0:01:50 > 0:01:57- Where do you do that?- In Reigate.- In Reigate.- I've been at the same place since I left school, so 26 years now.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Blimey! How about you, Scott?
0:02:00 > 0:02:06I work for a finance company to do with car finance. I look through the deals for people.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Very good. What do you hope will come up this afternoon?
0:02:10 > 0:02:16- Celebrities or current music. - Celebrities or current music. Who's your favourite current band?
0:02:16 > 0:02:20At the moment, I like Adele, Bruno Mars and Cee Lo Green.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Excellent. Lee, what do you like doing in your spare time?
0:02:24 > 0:02:29I swim, I like being out in the countryside and I'm a massive Laurel and Hardy fan.
0:02:29 > 0:02:35- Let's hope Laurel and Hardy come up this afternoon. Best of luck. It's great to have you here.- Thank you.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40Next we welcome back Orla and Becs. Remind us how you did last time.
0:02:40 > 0:02:46We got through to the head-to-head last time, but got knocked out by sport and geography
0:02:46 > 0:02:51- which are perhaps our weakest subjects.- Scottish sport! - Scottish sport at that!
0:02:51 > 0:02:57- What do you hope is going to come up, Orla?- I'd quite like food and drink to come up again.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- Becs is so good at that. - Becs is good with the food.
0:03:00 > 0:03:06- I worked in a cocktail bar, so hopefully I've got the drinks side covered.- How about you, Becs?
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- Teen celebrities.- Teen celebrities? - Justin Biebers and Miley Cyruses.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- Any of that coming up? - Justin Bieber? Yeah, yeah.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17No, hold on. We did a Justin Bieber special last week, didn't we?
0:03:17 > 0:03:22We did. Everything on the show was to do with Justin Bieber. It was brilliant.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- No-one got a single answer for the whole show, did they?- No.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Finally, we welcome Andy and Matt. How do you two know each other?
0:03:33 > 0:03:38- Brothers.- They looked in together, only Andy didn't say anything.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43- If they'd both said "brothers", that would have been eerie. - It would've been.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- Where have you come from? - Manchester. Stockport.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51- What do you do, Andy?- I'm a teacher, I'm a geography teacher.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- I'm currently working...- For me. - For my brother, yeah.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Cos Matt is a school(!)
0:03:57 > 0:03:59LAUGHTER
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- Matt, what are you? - I'm a schoolteacher.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Schools employ me to take care of some naughty kids.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Apart from geography, what would you like to come up?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I've been travelling a fair bit,
0:04:12 > 0:04:19so some questions around Southeast Asia, something like that, Asian food. That could be quite good.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21OK. Matt?
0:04:21 > 0:04:26Sport, music. That's quite... That's about it, really.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31Very best of luck. It's nice to have you here. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:04:31 > 0:04:37There's only one person left to introduce. He only knows the obscure route up the knowledge mountain.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- He's my pointless friend. He's Richard.- Hiya.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42APPLAUSE
0:04:45 > 0:04:50- How are you this afternoon? - I'm extremely well. How about you?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Yeah, very well. Very exciting show last time.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59We've got two returning pairs. Orla and Becs got through to the head-to-head last time.
0:04:59 > 0:05:05History tells us if you get through to the head-to-head, usually you get to the final next time.
0:05:05 > 0:05:12Nobody tell that to Kate because I think Jim's life will be a misery if they don't get to the final.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17Thank you, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25Everyone wants to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:28 > 0:05:34- Scott and Kerri won our jackpot last time...- Ohh! - Our record-breaking jackpot.
0:05:36 > 0:05:42Sorry to break it to you, guys, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44APPLAUSE
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Right, let's play Pointless.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59In Round 1, each of you gives me one answer. You cannot confer with your partner.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04The team with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score 100 points.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11OK, our first category this afternoon is...
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Words. Can you decide who's going first, who's going second?
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:06:26 > 0:06:33We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words ending in "ace" as they could.
0:06:33 > 0:06:39- "Ace". Richard?- Yeah, we're looking for any word that has its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary
0:06:39 > 0:06:41that ends in the letters A-C-E.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46As always, we don't allow hyphenated words or proper nouns.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49There are over 200 words in the OED that end A-C-E.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54Kate and Jim, you all drew lots before the show and you get to go first.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59Jim, we are looking for words ending in "ace". What's the most obscure one you can think of?
0:06:59 > 0:07:03I think it has to be a long word, so it's "commonplace".
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Commonplace.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Very, very good.
0:07:09 > 0:07:15You're hoping to score as few points as possible. Let's see how many of our 100 people said "commonplace".
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Very well done, Jim. Look at that!
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- APPLAUSE Do you forgive me now?- Yes.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Nothing humdrum about that.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36That is a pointless answer. It adds £250 to the jackpot, taking the total up to 1,250.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39And it scores you nothing.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Very well done, Jim.
0:07:41 > 0:07:47Yeah, great start, Jim. Fantastic. A fairly commonplace word, but no points at all.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52Cos there's 200 of these words, there's a lot of pointless answers.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Thanks, Richard. Let's see if we can build up that jackpot. Scott, we come to you.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00What's the most obscure word ending "ace" you can think of?
0:08:00 > 0:08:05- I can't think of many good ones. I'm going to say "mace". - You're saying "mace".
0:08:05 > 0:08:09You're hoping to score as few points as possible with "mace".
0:08:09 > 0:08:14Let's see if it is a correct answer and if it is, how many people said it. Good luck.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Yeah, this is right.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Oh, 62.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23APPLAUSE
0:08:25 > 0:08:2862 for "mace", Richard.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33Yeah, big score, Scott, but at least you can be certain it's a word. "Mace" has all sorts of meanings.
0:08:33 > 0:08:39Thanks very much, Scott. And so, Orla, we come to you.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Yes. I'm struggling to think of any particularly long and obscure ones,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45so I'm going to go with "trace".
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Trace. OK, well, "mace" was 62.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54Let's see how "trace" does. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Is "trace" a correct answer and if it is, how many people said it?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- APPLAUSE - 40 for "trace".
0:09:09 > 0:09:15Yeah, another pretty big score which is good news for Scott and Lee in the next pass.
0:09:15 > 0:09:21- Now then, Andy... - I think I'll play relatively safe and go for a middle-ish-length word.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Neck-lace. Necklace.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28OK...
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Safe in the sense of what?
0:09:30 > 0:09:34I'm thinking any word that ends in "ace" is pretty safe.
0:09:34 > 0:09:40- That's true.- So I would go for a big, long one, but "necklace" is the one you're submitting.- I can spell that.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43You're hoping to score as few points as possible.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said "necklace". Good luck, Andy.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57What about that?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59APPLAUSE
0:10:03 > 0:10:08Very, very well said, Andy. "Necklace" scores you 1.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13Well played. I think it scores so low because you don't pronounce "ace". It's "neck-liss".
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- Indeed.- That's a very good answer.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20Thanks very much, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:10:20 > 0:10:26Jim and Kate on nothing! Kate, keep that up and you should be through to the next round.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Then we come to Andy and Matt on 1. Brilliant score - "necklace"!
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Then we come to Orla and Becs on 40. Not bad at all.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Scott and Lee on 62. You are slightly exposed there.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42But you've got Orla and Becs not very far behind you.
0:10:42 > 0:10:48So the competition will be between Becs and Lee, I reckon, in this next pass to see who will be leaving us.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:10:57 > 0:11:02OK, we are looking for words ending in "ace", A-C-E.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07- Matt, you are on 1, courtesy of Andy's brilliant "necklace".- Yes.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10The high scorers are Lee and Scott on 62.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15If you can score 60 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18I'll play relatively safe. I've got two in mind.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22I'll go with "deface".
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Deface?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26OK, there is a red line.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Below that, you are through to the next round.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34Let's see if "deface" is right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40You are through to the next round. Well done.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- APPLAUSE - Very, very good indeed.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49You equal Andy's low score. It takes your total up to 2.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- Richard, "deface"? - Well played, Matt. Very good.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57- Becs, we come to you. - "Deface" was my second one.- Oh, no.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- So I'm hoping my first one is better. - Well, so am I.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04The high scorers are Lee and Scott on 62.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09- If you can score 21 or less, you're in the next round.- I hope so.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- I'm going to go for "grimace". - "Grimace..."
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Can I stick my neck out and say...
0:12:16 > 0:12:18that's surely pointless?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20We'll see.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25We'll see if "grimace" is right and if it is, we'll see how many people said it.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29There is your red line. If "grimace" gets you below it,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31you are in the next round.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Let's see. I reckon it's pointless.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44It's good enough to get you through.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46It's not pointless though.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48APPLAUSE
0:12:48 > 0:12:54That scores you 9. Brilliant score. It sees you through to the next round and takes your total up to 49.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59An expression of embarrassment, annoyance or pain, but not pointless.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02I know. Necklace - 1, grimace...
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- Amazing, isn't it?- ..9. - It's so not like you to be wrong!
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- I know.- It's weird.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13- Lee, I think you've got a word there.- I have. - I think you've got a good word.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15You are the high scorers on 62.
0:13:15 > 0:13:21- Yeah. No pressure(!)- And you need to score as little as you possibly can with this answer.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- What are you going to go for? - Shoelace.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29Let's see if "shoelace" is right and if it is, how many people said it - "shoelace".
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Bad luck.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38That is an incorrect answer,
0:13:38 > 0:13:42which means you score the maximum of 100 points,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45taking your total up to an unbeatable 162.
0:13:45 > 0:13:51- Richard, "shoelace"?- Sorry, it's hyphenated in the Oxford English Dictionary. It's a very tricky one.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55- I think that's tough luck. - OK, now then, Kate...
0:13:55 > 0:14:01Jim, by far the stand-out best scorer in this whole round,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04the WHOLE round.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08In the whole of Round 1, only one person got a pointless answer.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11The highest scorers are Lee and Scott on 162.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14It doesn't matter what you score,
0:14:14 > 0:14:19so why not try and score a pointless answer and equal Jim?
0:14:19 > 0:14:24- OK.- Otherwise, you will never hear the end of it.- Fine.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Peace.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32- Have you been sitting on that all this time?- I have.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- The peace bomb. - LAUGHTER
0:14:35 > 0:14:41- Let's see if it's right. Wouldn't it be great if it was pointless? - It would be fabulous.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44The only person who's saying "no" is Jim.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49"Peace", is it right? And if it is, let's see how many people said it - "peace".
0:14:55 > 0:14:57How far down is this going to go?
0:14:59 > 0:15:00Oh, 4!
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- APPLAUSE - Well done!- Thank you.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Very well done, Kate. "Peace" scores you 4. Richard?
0:15:08 > 0:15:15Great answer, Kate. Again one you don't think of immediately because it doesn't sound like it ends "ace".
0:15:15 > 0:15:19You could have matched Jim and his "commonplace"
0:15:19 > 0:15:23if you'd said "uncommonplace". It's also a pointless answer.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Let's have a look through some of the other pointless answers.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Jim gave us "commonplace" already, "hyperspace" a pointless answer.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34"Dogface" also a pointless answer.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37LAUGHTER
0:15:37 > 0:15:41"Pigface" isn't an insult. It's an Australian fruit-bearing plant.
0:15:41 > 0:15:48- "Meatspace", which is the term they use in the virtual world to describe the real world - meatspace.- No?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- Yeah.- Meatspace?- Yeah.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54"Cardiace" also a pointless answer.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59"Enterbrace", which means two people embracing. It's a hug, essentially.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03"Fallace", which is the same as "fallacy", and "whatsisface".
0:16:03 > 0:16:08"Whatsisface" is a wonderful answer. Very well done if you got that at home.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Let's look at the most popular answers, the most obvious ones.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26Thanks, Richard. So at the end of Round 1, the losing pair is Scott and Lee.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Bad luck. Lee, we wouldn't accept "shoe-lace".
0:16:30 > 0:16:34I mean, the injustice of this I haven't got over yet!
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- We'll be back.- Yeah, you will be.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41You will be. And next time, I think we shall see you prosper.
0:16:41 > 0:16:48- Hopefully.- I'm banking on it. Lovely to have you on the show. Thanks so much for playing.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50APPLAUSE
0:16:52 > 0:16:56But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.
0:17:01 > 0:17:07Only two pairs can make it to the head-to-head, so one team will be leaving at the end of this round.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10The category for Round 2 is...
0:17:12 > 0:17:19Famous People. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first and who's going to go second?
0:17:19 > 0:17:23And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29OK, our Round 2 question this afternoon concerns...
0:17:33 > 0:17:37In this round, we're about to show you a list of famous people.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41We asked 100 people to tell us the name of their famous fathers.
0:17:41 > 0:17:47- Richard?- We'll show you six famous people on each pass. The more obscure answers score fewer points.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52An incorrect answer will score 100 points. See if you can get all 12 of them at home.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57Thanks, Richard. We are looking for the fathers of these famous people.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Here we go. We have got...
0:18:09 > 0:18:12I'll read those one more time.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21OK, so, Kate, there are the famous people.
0:18:21 > 0:18:27I want you to tell me the most obscure famous father of one of those people you can think of.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33I'm going to go for...
0:18:34 > 0:18:37..Cherie Blair's father, Tony Booth.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Tony Booth. OK, let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:18:41 > 0:18:46how many people knew that Tony Booth was Cherie Blair's father.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50It's right.
0:18:53 > 0:18:5530.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57APPLAUSE
0:18:57 > 0:19:01That's not a terrible answer by any means. 30 points for Tony Booth.
0:19:01 > 0:19:06- Richard?- Well played, Kate. Most famous for his role in Till Death Us Do Part.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Thanks very much. Now then, Becs...
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- What are you thinking about that board?- This is embarrassing.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18I said I know my Miley Cyruses, but I cannot think of her dad's name.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20And I don't know any others.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Um...
0:19:22 > 0:19:25I'm going to say something like...
0:19:26 > 0:19:29..Billy Ray Cyrus, but I know it's wrong.
0:19:29 > 0:19:35Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Billy Ray Cyrus.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39It's not wrong.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Anything but wrong.
0:19:43 > 0:19:4847, that scores you. Well done, Becs. Very good.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Billy Ray Cyrus, Richard?
0:19:52 > 0:19:58- Much more famous to a certain generation, Billy Ray Cyrus, for Achy Breaky Heart.- Yeah.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Well done, Becs. Wow! Now, Andy...
0:20:01 > 0:20:06- Famous fathers of these people. That's what we're looking for. - Right...
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Not my strong point, this. Um...
0:20:11 > 0:20:17I've heard of three of the four and I cannot think of a famous father for any of them.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19So...
0:20:19 > 0:20:24just because they played father and son in a film, in Meet The Parents,
0:20:24 > 0:20:28I'm going to go for Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32I know it's wrong, but it's all I can think of.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35OK, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman...
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Let's find out.
0:20:38 > 0:20:45Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman. Is that right and if it is, how many people said that? Good luck, Andy.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Bad luck. Bad luck.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52As you suspected, that is an incorrect answer,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54which scores you 100 points.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59- Richard?- Unlucky, Andy. It's worth a guess. Let's take a look at the whole board.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Ben Stiller is the lowest answer on the board.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06His father is the American comedian Jerry Stiller.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11He's been perhaps most famously in Seinfeld as George's father. Would've got you 3 points.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16Kate Beckinsale's father was the wonderful Richard Beckinsale,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19the late Richard Beckinsale from Porridge - 32 points.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Angelina Jolie's father is Jon Voight - 21 points.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26And Lucy Davis from The Office. You know her father?
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Better known as Lucy Carrott.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32She's Jasper Carrott's daughter. Would've scored you 10 points.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41Kate and Jim, 30 points, a very good, low position to be in.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Not very far ahead of you, Becs and Orla on 47.
0:21:44 > 0:21:50Andy and Matt, I'm afraid you are exposed out in front there on 100 points.
0:21:50 > 0:21:56So what has to happen, Matt, is you have to find a pointless or low-scoring answer in the next pass
0:21:56 > 0:21:59and hope that either Orla or Jim makes a massive error.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:08 > 0:22:13OK, we'll put six more famous people on the board and here they come. We have got...
0:22:22 > 0:22:25I'll read all of those one more time.
0:22:30 > 0:22:36We are looking for famous fathers and you want to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40- What do you think, Matt?- I think I know most of them, really, there.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45I'm going to take a punt at one. I'm going to say Shaun Wright-Phillips - Ian Wright.
0:22:45 > 0:22:52Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ian Wright. You are the high scorers on 100 points, so there's no red line.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55You have to hope this goes down as far as it can.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ian Wright. Let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:23:05 > 0:23:0733.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09APPLAUSE
0:23:10 > 0:23:1533. That takes your total up to 133. Richard?
0:23:15 > 0:23:21Well played. Shaun Wright-Phillips is Ian Wright's adopted son and they've both played for England.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26- It's very impressive.- Very.- And his brother Bradley Wright-Phillips is also a professional.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31Orla, you are on 47. The high scorers are Matt and Andy on 133.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36You need to score 85 or less and you are through to the next round.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39This is a nightmare question for me.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44I grew up without a TV, so my popular culture references are pretty lame.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49I'm going to take a punt
0:23:49 > 0:23:54on Tony Curtis being Jamie-Lee Curtis's father.
0:23:55 > 0:24:01OK, you need it to be right and you need it to go down to 85. That's all that's required.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Here is your red line coming in.
0:24:03 > 0:24:09If Tony Curtis is right and takes you below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:24:09 > 0:24:16Let's find out if Tony Curtis is Jamie-Lee Curtis's father and if so, how many people said it. Good luck.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20It's right and you are through to the head-to-head. Well done, Orla.
0:24:20 > 0:24:2348, that scores you.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- APPLAUSE - It only had to go below 85.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29That takes your total up to 95. Richard?
0:24:29 > 0:24:34- Yeah, Jamie-Lee Curtis is the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.- Very well done.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38You are through to the head-to-head. Again.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43Jim, you are through to the head-to-head, come what may. You're on a low score of 30,
0:24:43 > 0:24:47courtesy of Kate's brilliant answer in the first pass.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51You can talk us through everyone. I'm sure you will be able to.
0:24:51 > 0:24:58Well, I haven't a clue who Lily Allen is, I don't know Norah Jones and Liv Tyler is a complete mystery to me.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Let me re-phrase that. I think this is going to be tough for you, Jim.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Yeah.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Well, Emilio Estevez's father is, of course, Martin Sheen.
0:25:09 > 0:25:14Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen you're saying. There is no red line. You're through.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17The red line for you is down there somewhere.
0:25:17 > 0:25:23Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Martin Sheen for Emilio Estevez.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27There we are. Well done, it's right.
0:25:30 > 0:25:3223.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34It takes your total up to 53.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36You are through to the next round.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Note how Kate still doesn't kiss him when he kisses her.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- LAUGHTER - Not even... Not a flicker.
0:25:43 > 0:25:48Very well played, Jim. I will take you through the rest of the board.
0:25:48 > 0:25:54Liv Tyler's father is Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith. That would've scored you 30.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Lily Allen's father is the actor Keith Allen.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59That would've scored you 25.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03- And do you know who Norah Jones's father is?- Ravi Shankar.- Yes.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08Best answer on the board - 3 points. Well done if you said that at home.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Thanks very much, Richard.
0:26:10 > 0:26:16At the end of Round 2, the losing pair with the highest score, sorry, Andy and Matt, it's you.
0:26:16 > 0:26:22What have you learnt from your first time on Pointless that you'll bring to bear next time we see you?
0:26:22 > 0:26:26The order. The other way round, I would have got the question right.
0:26:26 > 0:26:32- I think he would have got a question right.- Bring all this knowledge and much more back next time we see you.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36- Great contestants. Thanks for playing meanwhile. - APPLAUSE
0:26:38 > 0:26:44But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:26:49 > 0:26:55Very well done, Kate and Jim, Orla and Becs. You've made it through to the head-to-head.
0:26:55 > 0:27:02Only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot which stands at £1,250.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04APPLAUSE
0:27:04 > 0:27:08You will go head to head on the best of three questions.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12For each question, each pair gives me one answer and you can confer.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.
0:27:17 > 0:27:23The first pair to get to the best of three will play for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30OK, here is your first question.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:27:33 > 0:27:37to name as many actors in Fawlty Towers as they could.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Actors in Fawlty Towers. Richard?
0:27:40 > 0:27:43There were 12 episodes of Fawlty Towers in all.
0:27:43 > 0:27:49We want any actor or actress who appeared in six or more episodes. There are eight names.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53We want the names of the actor or actress, rather than the character.
0:27:53 > 0:27:59Thanks very much. Kate and Jim, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you go first.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03WHISPERING
0:28:04 > 0:28:07OK, we've reached a consensus, Kate and Jim?
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Andrew Sachs.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Andrew Sachs is the answer you are going to submit. Now, Orla and Becs,
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Andrew Sachs has gone. You can take us through the rest of the cast.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22- The only one I knew was Basil Fawlty, John Cleese.- John Cleese.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24But Orla's brilliant.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29I think his wife, the actress was called Prunella Scales?
0:28:29 > 0:28:32- And that is what you are going to go for?- Yes.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37So we have Andrew Sachs, we have Prunella Scales. Kate and Jim went for Andrew Sachs.
0:28:37 > 0:28:43Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Andrew Sachs.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46It's right.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Down it comes. Andrew Sachs...
0:28:49 > 0:28:5137.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53APPLAUSE
0:28:54 > 0:28:56I didn't think it would be that low.
0:28:56 > 0:29:0037. Orla and Becs have said Prunella Scales.
0:29:00 > 0:29:06- Orla said it.- Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Prunella Scales.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09It's right.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11It's right.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15And it beats Andrew Sachs. Wow, 29!
0:29:15 > 0:29:18APPLAUSE
0:29:18 > 0:29:23- 29 for Prunella Scales. That wins... - She's the one that didn't have a TV!
0:29:23 > 0:29:28- I know.- Exactly. Didn't own a TV. It turns out she knows everything!
0:29:28 > 0:29:33So after the first question, Orla and Becs are ahead 1-0. Richard?
0:29:33 > 0:29:39Yeah, well played, Orla. She played Sybil Fawlty. Let's have a look at all eight answers here.
0:29:39 > 0:29:45Renee Roberts and Gilly Flower played the two old ladies, Mrs Tibbs and Mrs Gatsby.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47They were both pointless answers.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51Brian Hall was in the second series as Terry the chef. He scored 1.
0:29:51 > 0:29:56Ballard Berkeley was the Major, also 1 point. Very well done if you got those.
0:29:56 > 0:30:03- Ever come across anyone else in your long life called Ballard?- No, it's great.- Brilliant.- It's a lost age.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08- Ballard!- Connie Booth, the co-writer with John Cleese, 21 points,
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Prunella Scales 29, Andrew Sachs 37
0:30:11 > 0:30:15and John Cleese way out on top there with 79 points.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Thanks very much, Richard.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20So, Orla and Becs, very well done.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Here is your second question.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Kate and Jim, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Here it is. Good luck.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:30:33 > 0:30:39to name as many Republican US Presidents as they could. Republican US Presidents. Richard?
0:30:39 > 0:30:45Yes, we're looking for Republican US Presidents from the end of World War Two up to the start of 2011.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51Thanks very much. Now then, Orla and Becs, you go first this time.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54WHISPERING
0:31:00 > 0:31:03OK, um... We're not really sure.
0:31:03 > 0:31:11But I think George W Bush was a Republican President and so we're going to have to go with him.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15- We don't have any better answer. - OK, George W Bush.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19Kate and Jim, George W Bush has gone.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22We're going with Richard Nixon.
0:31:22 > 0:31:29Richard Nixon. OK, so we have George W Bush and Richard Nixon. Let's take them in the order they were given.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34Let's see if George "Dubya" Bush is right and if he is, how many people said it.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Very well done.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41It's right. 41.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43APPLAUSE
0:31:47 > 0:31:4941 for George W Bush.
0:31:49 > 0:31:55Now, Kate and Jim have gone for Richard Nixon. You have to win this point to stay in the game.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59This has to go lower than 41.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Richard Nixon...
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Let's see how many people said Richard Nixon.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09It's right, obviously.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Yes, very well done.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17APPLAUSE
0:32:19 > 0:32:24So Richard Nixon takes it down to 19 and beats George W Bush,
0:32:24 > 0:32:29so after two questions, you are absolutely level pegging, one each.
0:32:29 > 0:32:35- Richard?- Well played, Kate and Jim. There's six answers on this list, so well done if you got all six.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39Two answers would have beaten Nixon. There's Dwight D Eisenhower on 10,
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Gerald Ford 13, Richard Nixon 19.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46There's George Bush Senior on 25, Ronald Reagan on 40
0:32:46 > 0:32:51and George W Bush was indeed a Republican. Who knew?
0:32:51 > 0:32:5341 people. 41 people knew.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55Thanks very much, Richard.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00OK, so you're absolutely level. We have our third question now.
0:33:00 > 0:33:05Whoever wins this question goes through to the final to play for that jackpot.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09OK, here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:33:09 > 0:33:14to name as many Guy Ritchie films as they could.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Guy Ritchie films.
0:33:16 > 0:33:22- Richard?- Yeah, any feature film made for cinema release for which Guy Ritchie got a director's credit
0:33:22 > 0:33:26up to the start of 2011. There are six films on the list.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30OK, Kate and Jim, you go first.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33WHISPERING
0:33:33 > 0:33:35OK.
0:33:37 > 0:33:44OK, Kate and Jim, you look like you're resigned to a less than satisfactory answer here.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.
0:33:48 > 0:33:53OK, Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels has gone, Orla and Becs.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56That was one of two we could think of,
0:33:56 > 0:34:00the other being Snatch, so that's what we'll go with.
0:34:00 > 0:34:06OK, you're going to go with Snatch. So we have Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and we have Snatch.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10Whoever wins this question is through to the final.
0:34:10 > 0:34:16Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, is that right, and if it is, how many people said it?
0:34:23 > 0:34:2538.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27APPLAUSE
0:34:29 > 0:34:3338 for Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Orla and Becs have gone for Snatch.
0:34:35 > 0:34:40Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Snatch.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44It has to go lower than 38. If it does, you are through to the final.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Well done. It's right.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54Yes, you are through to the final.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56APPLAUSE
0:34:56 > 0:35:02So, after three questions, Orla and Becs are through to the final 2-1. Richard?
0:35:02 > 0:35:08Yeah, good head-to-head. There were quite a few answers that would have won it for you.
0:35:08 > 0:35:13Let's look at the answers. Swept Away, a re-make of an Italian film.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16It won the Golden Raspberry for Worst Film, Worst Director
0:35:16 > 0:35:18and Worst Actress for Madonna.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22Would have scored you 3 points, Revolver 4, RocknRolla 10.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26His Sherlock Holmes movie, which was very good, 13,
0:35:26 > 0:35:31Snatch 30, and Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, the biggest answer, on 38.
0:35:31 > 0:35:37Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid it's Kate and Jim.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41We have seen the best of you, I think, this game.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46We've seen some fantastic answers. I think Kate has forgiven you, Jim. I think she has.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- Nearly.- Good.
0:35:48 > 0:35:54- Keep working on it and hopefully all should be well. Thank you so much for playing.- Thank you very much.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56APPLAUSE
0:35:58 > 0:36:04But for Orla and Becs, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,250.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15Congratulations, Orla and Becs. You have fought off all the competition
0:36:15 > 0:36:18and won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20APPLAUSE
0:36:24 > 0:36:27You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:36:27 > 0:36:32and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,250.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34APPLAUSE
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Now, the rules are very simple.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:36:42 > 0:36:48We've had one pointless answer on the show today. You only have to find one more to win that money.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Firstly, choose a category from these three options.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02I think it's safe to say Cricket and MPs are out,
0:37:02 > 0:37:06so it's going to have to be Musical Theatre.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Let's find out what the question is. Good luck.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:37:12 > 0:37:17to name as many Stephen Sondheim musicals as they could.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Stephen Sondheim musicals. Richard?
0:37:20 > 0:37:23We are looking for professionally produced musicals
0:37:23 > 0:37:27for which Sondheim is credited with writing the score and the lyrics.
0:37:27 > 0:37:33Anthologies, film scores and plays which Sondheim has just written the music for will not be accepted.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- This is up to the start of 2011.- OK.
0:37:35 > 0:37:42OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers and all you need to win that £1,250
0:37:42 > 0:37:46is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51- I don't know any.- I don't know any. - So let's think of some musicals.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55- Dreamboats And Petticoats? - I wouldn't have thought so.
0:37:55 > 0:38:00- Cats?- I'm thinking perhaps Rent. I don't really know what genre musicals are at all,
0:38:00 > 0:38:03but Rent is one that comes to mind.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07Um... Any that Andrew Lloyd Webber hasn't done.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10I honestly don't know.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- What did you say? Dreamboats And Petticoats?- Yeah. We might as well.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19Mamma Mia perhaps? I don't know.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- Yeah, I... - Any others that you can think of?
0:38:22 > 0:38:27- They're ones I know aren't Andrew Lloyd Webber.- I'm trying to think of ones I've seen.
0:38:27 > 0:38:34- How about the one that's on at the moment?- Priscilla Queen Of The Desert?- Go for that, Rent and...
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- Dreamboats And Petticoats? - Yeah. I'm pretty sure it's not...
0:38:40 > 0:38:42OK, your minute is up.
0:38:42 > 0:38:47We were looking for Stephen Sondheim musicals. I now need three answers from you.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- We're going to go with Rent.- Rent.
0:38:50 > 0:38:56- We're going to go with... - Priscilla Queen Of The Desert. - Priscilla Queen Of The Desert.- Yes.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- Mamma Mia, did we go with? Let's say Mamma Mia.- And Mamma Mia.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03But that's Abba music. That's a silly answer.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Can we change that answer? It doesn't matter.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08It's going to be wrong.
0:39:08 > 0:39:14OK, of those three answers, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- Rent.- We'll put Rent last.- Yes.
0:39:17 > 0:39:22- Which is your least likely? - Probably Mamma Mia. - We'll put Mamma Mia first.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26We will put them up on the board in that order, so here goes.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35There they are.
0:39:35 > 0:39:40- OK, so we were looking for Stephen Sondheim musicals.- Yes.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43This was your least confident answer - Mamma Mia.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £1,250 jackpot.
0:39:47 > 0:39:53Let's see if Mamma Mia is right first and if it is, let's see how many people said it - Mamma Mia.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- SHOUTS OF "Aw!" - Thanks!
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- We knew that.- We did know that. - You worked that one out.
0:40:01 > 0:40:08Unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer. You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10What would you do with £1,250?
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- Buy a nice bag.- Yeah, go shopping.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- Good.- Not a lot.- Very good.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21We are looking for Stephen Sondheim musicals.
0:40:21 > 0:40:27Let's hope nobody said your next answer and that it is right - Priscilla Queen Of The Desert.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30This has to be pointless.
0:40:30 > 0:40:35It has to be right for you to win that £1,250 jackpot.
0:40:35 > 0:40:40Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Priscilla Queen Of The Desert.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Oh, bad luck.
0:40:44 > 0:40:49- It's all right.- I'm afraid that is also an incorrect answer.
0:40:50 > 0:40:56You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot. How are you feeling?
0:40:56 > 0:41:01- Not particularly confident. - Not optimistic at all. - Not vastly confident.
0:41:01 > 0:41:08We are looking for Stephen Sondheim musicals. You said this was the answer you had the most faith in.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12It has to be right and pointless. If it is, you will win £1,250.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15Let's see if anybody said Rent.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Is it right...and if it is right, how many people said it?
0:41:19 > 0:41:25It has to be right and it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot. Rent?
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Ohh!
0:41:27 > 0:41:30APPLAUSE
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Maybe cricket(!)
0:41:34 > 0:41:39Bad luck. Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:39 > 0:41:42so you don't win today's jackpot of £1,250.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46It rolls over to the next show, but you have been fantastic contestants
0:41:46 > 0:41:49and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52APPLAUSE
0:41:55 > 0:42:01Yeah, sorry, Orla and Becs, but Sondheim would kill to write Mamma Mia, wouldn't he?
0:42:01 > 0:42:04- He'd be delighted. - Perhaps our silliest answer.
0:42:04 > 0:42:10There's only five pointless answers out of all of his musicals, so let's take a look at them.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13- From 1964, Anyone Can Whistle... - Oh, yeah(!)
0:42:13 > 0:42:18- LAUGHTER - You see? It's obvious when you hear them.
0:42:18 > 0:42:24- I can't believe we didn't get these. - Merrily We Roll Along won the 2001 Olivier Award for Best Musical.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Pacific Overtures, another multi-award-winning musical.
0:42:28 > 0:42:33Passion, which opened in the States in '94 and in the UK with Michael Ball in 1996.
0:42:33 > 0:42:38And The Frogs which was first performed at Yale University with Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42- You didn't know any of those?- No. - Imagine if you'd known them all!
0:42:42 > 0:42:48- I'm glad that we just didn't have a clue, rather than...any of them. - Exactly.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50There's great credit in that.
0:42:51 > 0:42:58Unfortunately, we say goodbye to you, Orla and Becs, but it's been great having you on the show.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02- Thank you for playing. Wonderful contestants.- Thank you. APPLAUSE
0:43:04 > 0:43:08Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over,
0:43:08 > 0:43:13which means on the next show we will be playing for £2,250.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15APPLAUSE
0:43:17 > 0:43:23- Join us next time to see if someone wins it. It's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me.
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